Local Elections

709: Local Elections 2024

Rob and Tom discuss a whole load of local elections and what might be in store for the (now announced) General Election…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [4:05] By-Elections

  • [10:06] Local Council Elections

  • [27:57] Mayoral Elections

  • [47:12] Police and Crime Commissioners

  • [48:48] Quick Polls Update

  • [56:17] Outro

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510: Local Elections Aftermath

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Rob and Tom pick apart the results of the 2022 UK Local Elections and what they mean for the major parties…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [1:02] Headlines: Get A Fine? We Will Resign

  • [6:35] Headlines: Tories Porn Shame In The Commons

  • [11:58] Headlines: Defiant Truss: "we Will Rip Up Brexit Border Deal!

  • [18:08] Main Story: Local Elections: Conservatives

  • [28:09] Local Elections: Labour

  • [34:31] Local Elections: Lib Dems

  • [41:06] Local Elections: The Greens

  • [44:09] The Polls

  • [49:35] Outro

  • [50:53] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

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417: Batley & Spen

Rob and Tom discuss the 2021 by-election in Batley & Spen as well as the impending removal of COVID restrictions and England’s Euro 2020 performance…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [1:01] Headlines: Freedom Is In Your Hands Now

  • [13:59] Headlines: Football Is Not Coming Home

  • [27:05] Main Story: Batley & Spen

  • [33:52] The Results

  • [41:38] Has The Electorate Shifted?

  • [51:53] Outro

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416: Liberal Democrats Winning Here

Rob and Tom discuss the fallout of the 2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election, what it means for the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives and Labour’s chances in Batley and Spen…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [0:36] Headlines: When Will We Be Free?

  • [7:04] Headlines: Hopeless Bloke...

  • [10:11] Headlines: Oh Baby What A Love In

  • [13:51] Main Story: Liberal Democrats Winning Here

  • [18:04] What Were The Local Issues?

  • [23:20] Was There Tactical Voting?

  • [27:09] The Lib Dem Picture Nationally

  • [31:56] A Weakness For The Conservatives?

  • [39:02] Batley & Spen By-Election

  • [45:00] Quick Polls Update: Deutschland Edition

  • [51:15] Outro

  • [52:34] Bonus: HS2

  • [53:48] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

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  • Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

  • Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

  • Main Image: Ed Davey triumphant against the blue wall

415: Fired For At Least 15 to 20 Things

Rob and Tom discuss the 2021 Election Results across the UK as well as the revelations from the Dominic Cummings Select Committee hearing….

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [0:42] Election Results 2021: Hartlepool

  • [14:38] Election Results 2021: Local Councils

  • [19:27] Election Results 2021: Metro Mayors

  • [24:38] Election Results 2021: London Mayor

  • [35:43] Election Results 2021: Wales & Scotland

  • [40:19] Dominic Cummings: The Select Committee

  • [47:29] Dominic Cummings: Matt Hancock

  • [51:22] Dominic Cummings: One Day In March

  • [1:00:08] Outro

  • [1:01:09] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

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216: Single Market Maybe?

Rob and Tom discuss the local elections 2019. Who won? Who lost? Was there a Lib Dem surge? And how do these results reflect on the parties fortunes if we were to have a General Election?

Topics

  • Local Election Results

  • Three Party Politics

  • Extrapolating to a General Election

  • Quick Polls Update

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106: Local Elections for Local People

Rob and Tom discuss the most interesting thing in politics...an election! They pore over the latest local election results in the UK.

Topics

  • The Headlines

  • Local Elections 2018

  • Voter ID

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